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We're planning on painting the anti-glare panels on all four nacelles of Chuckie this winter. The paint had been removed at some point in the distant past. I'd originally thought this would be an easy project, but I find that there are different patterns to the masking in photos I have.

Hopefully someone on the forum can point me towards a reference that will clarify how Vega painted the nacelles on NMF airplanes. Thanks in advance.

Scott

Looked thru my B-17 books.

On the back cover of Squadron Signal's B-17 In Action #1063, the bottom illustration is of a B-17-60-VE. You can see the #4 nacelle pretty clearly.

Also,

In Squadron Signal's B-17 Walk Around # 5516, there is also a photograph on a B-17G-40-VE on page 22 that also shows the nacelles. Another good picture is on Page 55 & on Page 67.

All these pictures seem to match as far as the glare paint extending back on the nacelle to where it blends into the wing. The other pictures of DL & BO series B-17s show the glare paint ending on a straight line with the leading edge of the wing, while Vega kept going to a graceful curve about halfway to the wing itself.

It appears (to me anyways) that the paint on the #2 & #3 nacelles started just before the very top (maybe -10 degrees if you're looking at it from the front of the nacelle and ended at about 120 degrees on the inner side) whilst going back on the nacelle to the wing itself & terminating at the riveted fairing junction. The numbers 1 & 4 look like they were also glare painted from -10 to 120 degrees.





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Thanks for confirming what I'd been thinking. Up until a couple of weeks ago I hadn't considered that there would be a difference from manufacturer-to-manufacturer. I was looking at a photo taken from the cockpit of a Vega airplane and that was when the little lightbulb came on that the anti-glare paint was different. If I weren't so lazy I could have dug up my reference material--I have the same photos you posted in a pile of books somewhere...............

I appreciate your help!
Scott

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for confirming what I'd been thinking. Up until a couple of weeks ago I hadn't considered that there would be a difference from manufacturer-to-manufacturer. I was looking at a photo taken from the cockpit of a Vega airplane and that was when the little lightbulb came on that the anti-glare paint was different. If I weren't so lazy I could have dug up my reference material--I have the same photos you posted in a pile of books somewhere...............

I appreciate your help!
Scott

Just confirming that it was really me and not a guest replying to your post.
Scott

I'm just glad to help as much as possible. Maybe I'll see Chuckie if you guys ever fly her down to Arkansas.

Speaking of seeing Chuckie, would anyone here like me to start an update thread on our current maintenance cycle? We're diligently working on an extended annual inspection and we could post progress on the Forum something like Spanner has done with TR.

Scott

Absolutely...please do.

You asked for it, Scott!

S